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LR 787
Item 1

 
Nothing in this subsection allows or sanctions unequal
apportionment or assessment of the taxes to be paid on real
property in the State. An owner of real property within the
affordable housing development district pays real property taxes
apportioned equally with property taxes paid elsewhere in the
municipality.

 
3.__Affordable housing development program fund; affordable
housing tax increment revenues.__If a municipality has
designated captured assessed value under subsection 1, the
municipality shall:

 
A.__Establish an affordable housing development program
fund that consists of the following:

 
(1)__A project cost account that is pledged to and
charged with the payment of project costs that are
outlined in the financial plan and are paid in a
manner other than as described in subparagraph (2);
and

 
(2)__In instances of municipal indebtedness, a
development sinking fund account that is pledged to
and charged with the payment of the interest and
principal as the interest and principal fall due and
the necessary charges of paying interest and
principal on any notes, bonds or other evidences of
indebtedness that were issued to fund or refund the
cost of the affordable housing development program
fund;

 
B.__Annually set aside all affordable housing tax
increment revenues on captured assessed values and deposit
all such revenues to the appropriate affordable housing
development program fund account established under
paragraph A in the following order of priority:

 
(1)__To the affordable housing development sinking
fund account, an amount sufficient, together with
estimated future revenues to be deposited to the
account and earnings on the amount, to satisfy all
annual debt service on bonds and notes issued under
section 5250-D and the financial plan; and

 
(2)__To the affordable housing project cost account,
an amount sufficient, together with estimated future
revenues to be deposited to the account and earnings
on the amount, to satisfy all annual affordable
housing project costs to be paid from the account;


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